Bioeconomy Project Manager (EU Commission)

Package Description

Joining Serco Italy’s amazing team offers:

• Competitive Salary 
• Great career opportunities in the Space industry
• Competitive Salary
• Corporate Benefits Package
• Exciting relocation package (if applicable)
• Company events
• International environment

Job Introduction

At Serco, we strive to promote and enable the diversity, development, wellbeing and safety of our people. We understand that healthier, happier employees go hand-in-hand with strong business performance, enhanced productivity and better outcomes for those we serve. We want everybody who works for Serco to have a positive experience and access to opportunities to develop in their chosen careers.

The Joint Research Centre (JRC) is the European Commission's science and knowledge service which employs scientists to carry out research in order to provide independent scientific advice and support to EU policy. As subcontractor, Serco Italia S.p.A. is currently looking for a Bioeconomy Project Manager to join our great team in Ispra (VA)!

Does working in a Serco environment sound appealing to you?

We would love to hear from you and your interest in this new job opportunity!

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Main Responsibilities

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The Bio-Economy Unit (JRC.D.1) coordinates the Knowledge Centre for Bioeconomy (KCB): a European Commission initiative on better knowledge management for policymaking on the bioeconomy. The KCB brings together data and information from within the JRC and from many other sources, ensuring that knowledge (explicit and tacit) is timely available and accessible to support policy needs. Information technology (IT) plays a crucial role in enabling knowledge management processes, including capturing, using, and disseminating the knowledge effectively. To this end, the KCB employs a suite of information systems and tools that require constant and effective collaboration between IT professionals and the scientific staff that generate or manage knowledge in different fields of the bioeconomy. In this context, the overall objective of this contract is to support the KCB’s knowledge management function, by coordinating and managing the implementation of supporting information systems and tools.

As Bioeconomy Project Manager you will be responsible for:

• Manage the further development of information systems and tools currently used at the Knowledge Centre for Bioeconomy (public KCB website and KCB country dashboard, KCB NewsDesk text-mining tool of the European Media Monitor and KCB data service, online workspace for KCB CoP), working closely with the contributing JRC scientists and IT professionals and facilitating their effective interaction; the service provider will, in particular, act as project manager of the KCB NewsDesk text-mining tool of the European Media Monitor, of the KCB web presence and data service and Community Manager for the KCB Community of Practice.
• Prepare proposals for new information systems and of interactive online tools (e.g. on food waste) to meet identified business needs and will oversee their design and implementation•Process, quality control and analyse underpinning bioeconomy datasets and support data interpretation•Prepare and maintain project and quality plans and tracks activities against the plan, provide regular and accurate reports
• Provide expert advice on web-based and other knowledge syntheses, including data visualisation solutions, dashboards, and other interactive tools.
• Participate in progress review meetings, working groups and meetings with KCB stakeholders.

In return, we offer a friendly, supportive and professional environment that respects your work/life balance and ultimately contributes to the delivery of public services in Italy and around the world.

Successful Candidate

Specific expertise

• Profound knowledge of the bioeconomy.
• Experience in bioeconomy related data processing, quality control, analysis, interpretation and synthesis.

Education and technical expertise

• Expertise in implementing information systems and online tools
• Ability to interpret, analyse and structure data in order to create clear, compelling knowledge syntheses, including data visualisations and dashboards.
• Ability to interact with user communities and translate user requirements into technical actions;
• Good knowledge of project management standards and methodologies
• Very good oral communication skills in English
• Very good capacity in preparing and writing well-structured documents and web-based content in English and in preparing presentations;
• Rapid self-starting capability and experience in working in a team, understanding the needs, objectives and constraints of those in other disciplines and functions
• Experience in developing networks with complex stakeholder communities and building communities of common interest;
• Capability of working in an international/multi- cultural environment
• Willingness to travel occasionally in order to participate in meetings with KCB stakeholders

Languages

• The consultants have to be fluent in English.
• Documents will be written in English.

Tools/ Methodologies used in the unit

The KCB employs a suite of information systems and tools to support its knowledge management function.

At the centre of this suite, there is the public website of the KCB, hosted on the Knowledge4Policy (K4P) platform (developed and maintained by Unit JRC.H.2). The website provides easy access to knowledge resources. Most of them are identified from more than 160 online sources with the KCB NewsDesk text-mining tool of the European Media Monitor. Others, e.g. interactive tools, data visualisations and dashboards are developed specifically for the KCB. These are supported by the KCB data service, developed and maintained by JRC.D.1 that supports the storage and management of the data and metadata in a database serving also as an access point (Application Programming Interface). Furthermore, the KCB manages an online workspace for its Community of Practice (CoP), hosted on the JRC’s web platform (EU Science Hub). This workspace aims to facilitate discussions (forum), sharing news, events and other information between the CoP members, and is accessible with login and password. This workspace may be replaced by interactive community features integrated in the public KCB website (currently under development) in the next months. Finally, the KCB uses the Newsroom Content Management System, developed by DG CNECT, to produces a bi-montly newsletter.

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About the Company

Why should you join Serco ?

At Serco not only is the nature of the work we do important, everyone has an important role to play.

Meaningful and vital work - You’ll contribute to methodologically intercepting challenges whilst achievements will also be recognised and celebrated.

A world of opportunity - You’ll be wholeheartedly supported with development and career progression

Great people - You’ll become an integral member of a well-defined and supportive team who believe passionately in the value of our work.

What we offer

• Chance to contribute to innovation in the public services sector
• A company passionate about diversity and inclusion
• Permanent employment with comprehensive Serco Benefits package.

About Serco

At Serco, not only is the nature of the work we do important, everyone has an important role to play when managing complex public services.  

We are a team of 60,000 people responsible for delivering essential public services around the world, we are innovators, committed to redesigning and improving public services for the benefit of everyone.

By joining Serco you will have unlimited access to our Global Employee Networks – SercoInspire (Gender), SercoEmbrace (Multicultural), SercoUnlimited (Disability) and In@Serco (LGBT & Networks). Serco Employee Networks, led by colleagues who are passionate about diversity, inclusion and belonging. 

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